City of Oklahoma City
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| City of Oklahoma City | |||
From top left to clockwise: Downtown skyline, SkyDance Pedestrian Bridge, City Hall, Gold Star Memorial Building, Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City National Memorial, state capitol.
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| Nickname(s): OKC; The 405. The City; The Big Friendly | |||
 Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. |
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 Oklahoma City
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| Coordinates: 35°28′56″N 97°32′06″W / 35.48222°N 97.53500°WCoordinates: 35°28′56″N 97°32′06″W / 35.48222°N 97.53500°W | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| State | Oklahoma | ||
| Counties | Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland, Pottawatomie | ||
| Founded | April 22, 1889 | ||
| Incorporated | July 15, 1890 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Council – Manager | ||
| • Mayor | Mick Cornett (R) | ||
| • City manager | James D. Couch | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 620.34 sq mi (1,606.67 km2) | ||
| • Land | 601.11 sq mi (1,556.87 km2) | ||
| • Water | 19.23 sq mi (49.81 km2) | ||
| • Urban | 410.6 sq mi (1,063.5 km2) | ||
| Elevation | 1,201 ft (366 m) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City | 579,999 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 631,346 | ||
| • Rank | US: 27th | ||
| • Density | 930/sq mi (360/km2) | ||
| • Urban | 861,505 (US: 51st) | ||
| • Metro | 1,373,211 (US: 41st) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||
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| Area code | 405 | ||
| FIPS code | 40-55000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 1102140 | ||
| Website | City of Oklahoma City | ||
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 27th among United States cities in population. The population grew following the 2010 Census, with the population estimated to have increased to 631,346 as of July 2015. As of 2015, the Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,358,452, and the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,459,758 (Chamber of Commerce) residents, making it Oklahoma's largest metropolitan area.
Oklahoma City's city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside of the core Oklahoma County area are suburban or rural (watershed). The city ranks as the eighth-largest city in the United States by land area (including consolidated city-counties; it is the largest city in the United States by land area after Houston whose government is not consolidated with that of a county or borough).
Oklahoma City has the largest municipal population of any city in the Great Plains region of the central United States as well as all neighboring states to Oklahoma, excluding Texas and Colorado.
Lying in the Great Plains region, Oklahoma City features one of the largest livestock markets in the world. Oil, natural gas, petroleum products and related industries are the largest sector of the local economy. The city is situated in the middle of an active oil field and oil derricks dot the capitol grounds. The federal government employs large numbers of workers at Tinker Air Force Base and the United States Department of Transportation's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (these two sites house several offices of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).
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